Timeline: A Year That Changed the N.B.A.

But by May 23, when the N.B.A. announced its intent to restart the season in Florida, everything was about to change again.

The Protest

George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by the police in Minneapolis on May 25. Worldwide protests over his killing also drew attention to the deaths of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by the police in Louisville, Ky, and Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was shot and killed while he was jogging in Georgia.

N.B.A. players, like Boston’s Jaylen Brown and Indiana’s Malcolm Brogdon, immediately joined the protests.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/sports/basketball/nba-season-covid-bubble.html